"Is this the end?" When Gu Yi nodded, Xiao Lingjun breathed a sigh of relief, poured himself a cup of tea from the table and began to drink it, without looking at Gu Yi with a sluggish face at all.

"Otherwise?" Xiao Lingjun raised his eyebrows, and his words suddenly froze.

"Well, you also have to tell me why you suddenly believed her, and why did she sit and talk to us with an unknown origin and purpose?" Gu Yi really couldn't figure it out, obviously Xiao Lingjun was exactly what he thought at the beginning, whether it was hijacking or the confrontation between words, there was no problem, until Xu Qinglian said: "I think you guys should investigate what my status in the Xu Mansion is before holding me hostage." Actually, no matter what you want to do, we don't have to be hostile, are we?" After that, Xiao Lingjun suddenly seemed to be a different person.

"I'll send you some information about Duke Xu's Mansion later, and you'll naturally understand after reading it. Although Xiao Lingjun didn't show any emotion, the meaning revealed in his words clearly told Gu Yi that Miss Xu Qing was probably not a simple noblewoman.

"Since you don't want to say it, I won't ask again, but I think there are a few things that we should talk about first. Gu Yi sat opposite Xiao Lingjun with a little helplessness on his face.

"You say, I'll listen first. Xiao Lingjun put down the teacup in his hand and raised his head to look at him.

"First, in the future, will the two of us divide the priorities first?If we really encounter some things, who should we listen to, you can't do yours and I will do mine, right?" Gu Yi looked at her and rubbed her fingers.

"I promise you that you can do whatever you want, but if I can't reach you or you can't inform us, I'll do it myself. Xiao Lingjun nodded.

Hearing that Gu Yi agreed to the first question, his face couldn't help but relax, nodded and continued: "Second, you have already got a lot of news before you came to Longyou, but I almost don't know anything, last time I remember that you said that you wanted to have a good chat with me, but in the past few days, there is too little time left for people to talk to me, and there are not many things to tell me, so I think, take advantage of today's leisure time to make it clear to me?"

"No problem, if you don't have a third thing, I'll tell you now. Xiao Lingjun responded very happily.

"Well, this third thing is actually not difficult, now you and I are in this Duole Building, although I have Uncle Chen to help Peng Huan to collect, but at present, our situation is like a cage finch, so I think, there are some news channels that only you know, I need to share, and some things I need to send someone to help me collect. ”

"There are four sites in my Xiao family in Longyou City, there are three in the Fang family, there are twenty-six places in the rest I know, and there are eleven places that can be mobilized, these eighteen sites will be marked to you one by one later, and I will also hand over the password and the token to prove your identity, but you have to remember one thing, although there are many people who know about this time, they are all standing behind my grandfather and Fang Xiang, and they can't be exposed easily, so you can command the seven sites of my Xiao family and the Fang family at will, even if they are exposed, it's fine, but when other sites are in use, you must ensure their concealment and safety。 ”

"That's fine, I can assure you. Gu Yi nodded.

"Well, if you don't have anything to discuss, then I'll tell you more about what my grandfather wants you to do?"

Gu Yi nodded again.

The northwest of Longzhou is Liangzhou, the northwest of Liangzhou is the border of the demon clan, and the west is the border of the demon clan, so Liangzhou has a total of 31 fortresses, with more than one million garrisons all year round, and they are all elites of a hundred battles, although they belong to the Sixteen Guards, but in fact they are supported by the taxes of Longzhou, Liangzhou, since more than 300 years ago, and Liangzhou is sparsely populated and taxed even worse than the two or three rich counties and counties of Xuzhou, so most of the previous years were provided by Longzhou.

But since more than 100 years ago, Longzhou's taxes have gradually begun to decrease, and no one paid attention to it at first, after all, there are always more or less taxes for this thing, but since more than 100 years ago, this tax has been at a point where it is getting less and less, and last year, it was only the usual seventy percent!

However, in the past hundred years, Longzhou has been in good weather, and the taxes paid by the local government have increased year by year.

After investigation by all parties, two possibilities were finally identified.

And the first one is corrupt officials.

The annual supply of Longzhou is tens of millions and hundreds of millions, one percent is tens of millions, and three percent is less than 30 million, more than 50 million, or even 50 or 60 million.

What is this concept?

An ordinary family of five doesn't even need a tael of silver a month, and 30 million taels is even more than 30 million households a month.

What kind of concept is 30 million households? In Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, there are currently 5,789,632 households registered, and of course, this is only a relatively imaginary number, and the actual number of households should range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

If you count six million households, it is a full five Chang'an cities.

Such a huge sum of money is enough to turn sixteen guards into seventeen guards.

And that's just every year.

"So His Majesty the Holy Emperor knows about Longzhou's cats, but because of the merits of their ancestors back then, they can't do it before they break into a catastrophe?" Gu Yi's face was full of disbelief.

"Embezzling tens of millions of taels every year, you tell me that His Majesty the Holy Emperor still misses the old feelings?"

"Don't think I'm telling a lie, you won't feel strange if you think about His Majesty's temperament. ”

"In all dynasties, no matter how wise and great the emperor is, after the founding of the country, he will always try to take back the military power from the hands of those meritorious generals, and those who are interested can spend their lives as a rich man, and those who are not interested are like Han Xin's bones are gone, what is prevented is to support the army and stand on his own, and what he is afraid of is that Sima Zhao's heart will appear again, everyone knows.

And I don't talk about His Majesty Gaozu, but just say that His Majesty the Holy Emperor has ever had such an idea once in hundreds of years? Old Man Cheng, such a cynical ringing horse, can lead the right military guard for hundreds of years, even if Li Jing, who is regarded as a military saint, can only be idle at home every time he returns to the court, but after sending out the army, he is not alone in charge, how can His Majesty ever suspect once?

All of this stems from the self-confidence of His Majesty the Holy Emperor and the strength of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Xiao Lingjun was born in a family, and the princes and grandsons who she could come into contact with were not to mention that each of them was comparable to the nobles of Tianhuang, but each one of them was enough to be powerful in the states and counties outside Chang'an, but because of this, she could see it clearly, so she knew how the eldest sons of each family were taught how to work hard since they were young, and they also knew how the prodigal sons among the disciples of the major families were raised.

It is already rare and precious for a family to have one or two people in each generation as a façade, but there are more than dozens or hundreds of disciples in each generation of a family? Is it really that there are only a few outstanding ones? Of course, it is because they are selected from the best, but more importantly, they express to His Majesty the Holy Emperor that they only want to keep to themselves and have no further thoughts.

"That's right, but how can His Majesty the Holy Emperor tolerate it?" Gu Yi still didn't turn around.

"Over the years, the business in the three major princes has nearly doubled, but in addition, there is nothing wrong with the court's regular government soldiers, servants, frame etiquette specifications, etc. What does this mean? It shows that they are just greedy, but they have no intention of rebellion, and based on this alone, do you think that His Majesty the Holy Emperor will kill the killers and behead those meritorious officials who have helped him sweep the world for the sake of these silver taels? If this is really the case, do you think His Majesty the Holy Emperor is still the one who dares to announce the royal secrets of killing his brother and brother in the world, and dares to deal with the Demon Emperor and the Demon Emperor with the strength of one person for three days and three nights to let my 300,000 soldiers and horses withdraw from the territory?"

"I'm ......" Gu Yi sighed, as if it sounded true.

"The land of Longzhou is the northwest border, after stabilizing Longzhou, the rest is to deal with the demon clan, it seems that the demon clan has not been as peaceful as we imagined over the years. Xiao Lingjun looked at Gu Yi and said slowly: "The reason why Your Majesty acquiesced to this matter being planned by Fang Xiang and my grandfather and carried out by you is to let you officially enter the eyes of the major wealthy families of the Tang Dynasty, and secondly, to give you a merit that no one can match, so that when you enter Chang'an City, it will also help to establish your reputation." ”

"Because I'm my master's disciple, right?" Gu Yi suddenly laughed.

It turned out that this inexplicable encounter was just to let him walk in front of this Datang.

He really deserves to be a disciple of the Emperor, right?

"Since that's the case, then I don't think it's going to be just me doing it, right??, after all, I'm just one more ...... in the building" Gu Yi didn't say his current identity after all, and looked at Xiao Lingjun with a little inquiry.

"I'm one, and then Fang Xiang also arranged a person who didn't know her specific identity, and now it's Xu Qinglian who is also on our side. ”

"As far as we are three or two big cats and small cats, we want the three major dukes to commit crimes that cannot be easily prevaricated or collect evidence of their corruption...... That's too hard, isn't it?"

"So, my Mr. Gu Yi Gu, your dignified disciple of the Emperor Master always has to have some amazing skills, don't you say?"

Looking at Xiao Lingjun, who was suddenly smiling and saying witty words, Gu Yi's lips and teeth were a little more bitter.

If he had known this, why was he in such a hurry to go down the mountain?